ROSEAU, DOMINICA-Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit has broken his government’s silence about comments circulating about the health of Minister for Labour, Public Service Reform, Social Partnership, Entrepreneurship and Small Business Development, and the Parliamentary representative for the Roseau North constituency, Mirium Blanchard.
The Labour Minister has been absent from Parliament and responding to questions from the press about her long absent Prime Minister Skerrit issued a clarion call to the Dominican public to “keep Parliamentary Representative of the Roseau North Constituency, in their prayers as she is presently out of state seeking medical attention.”
“I ask everybody to look at the human being, because politicians are human beings and I ask every one of us to pray for her and pray for her recovery,” Skerrit remarked.
“The Roseau North Parl Rep had some health issues and, as prime minister, it’s my duty to be concerned about the welfare and well-being of members of parliament and members of my cabinet.”
“As a matter of fact, I am the one who directed her, because she was not willing to go to seek medical attention and to see whether she can recover from the challenge that she is confronting, and I have assured her that she has my full support,” he stated.
According to the Prime Minister, he speaks to her (Mirium Blanchard) daily and continues to encourage her, and she will return to Dominica at the appropriate time.
In the meantime, he disclosed that the government continues to provide “oversight to the Roseau North Constituency and to ensure that residents are provided for.”
“We have back-to-school supplies being part of that and the other issues confronting them, and I look forward to further strengthening the support systems for the Roseau North Constituency, so that the residents of Roseau North can be addressed in a timely and respectful manner.”